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Featured by Outrage Overload Podcast. Professor Paul Resnick. How systems like community notes on Twitter/X aim to break the cycle of misinformation.

Can algorithms bring us closer together?

04/22/2025

UMSI professor Paul Resnick talks about algorithms, filter bubbles and how social media platforms can prevent echo chambers.

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Oliver Haimson wearing a blue blazer and glasses and holding a microphone at his book launch.

Michigan Minds podcast: Oliver Haimson talks about the changing social media landscape

03/24/2025

UMSI assistant Oliver Haimson is featured on Michigan Minds to talk about how social media is changing in the current political climate. 

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Quoted by BBC. Associate professor Joyojeet Pal. Why Elon Musk's Grok is kicking up a storm in India.

Pal: Elon Musk’s chatbot, Grok, is leaning left, angering Modi supporters

03/24/2025

UMSI associate professor Joyojeet Pal says Grok is “tickling liberals” in India who are critical of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. 

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Quoted by Tech Policy Press. Assistant Professor Ben Green. DOGE plan to push AI across the U.S. federal government is wildly dangerous.

Green: AI-first strategy by DOGE is a “recipe for disaster”

03/11/2025

In an op-ed for Tech Policy Press, UMSI assistant professor Ben Green discusses the dangers of relying on algorithms for critical government services. 

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Lecturer III James Rampton was quoted by News from the States in "Electric vehicle industry will persist despite Trump funding cuts"

Rampton: Despite Trump funding cuts, electric vehicles are here to stay

03/11/2025

UMSI lecturer III Jim Rampton says vehicle manufacturers will continue to create more opportunities for the EV market, with or without government support. 

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Quoted by The Detroit Free Press. Associate Professor Florian Schaub. Fear someone will get their hands on your data and open a new credit card? What to do next.

Worried someone has access to your data? UMSI privacy expert suggests a credit freeze

02/27/2025

UMSI associate professor Florian Schaub says “you're leaving yourself open to scams and potential identity theft” if you don’t freeze your credit. 

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Featured by The Globe and Mail. Associate professor Alain Cohn. Lost wallets get returned more often than you might think - and trusting strangers to do it makes us happier.

Cohn: For a society to function smoothly, you need people to be able to trust each other

02/26/2025

UMSI associate professor Alain Cohn says the more money found in a lost wallet, the more likely someone is to return the wallet to its original owner. 

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Quoted by CNN. Assistant professor Rebecca Frank. The Wayback Machine is preserving the websites Trump's White House took down.

Frank: It’s important to preserve government records

02/21/2025

UMSI assistant professor Rebecca Franks talks about the significance of government records amid the Trump administration's decision to take down thousands of government web pages. 

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Quoted by Financial Times. Assistant Professor Ben Green. What to do when the computer says no.

Green: Can having a human reviewer make algorithms fairer?

02/11/2025

UMSI assistant professor Ben Green says humans, like algorithms, can make mistakes, especially when they’re on a tight schedule.

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Featured by World Privacy Forum. Assistant Professor Nazanin Andalibi. Emotion recognition and what Nazanin Andalibi's research tells us about its impact.

Andalibi: Emotion recognition can pose harms to users, workers

02/06/2025

UMSI assistant professor Nazanin Andalibi talks about the risks of emotion AI on user privacy and the ethical considerations of this technology. 

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